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Links: Environmentalism edition | Polyprotic Amory

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a links round-up, but I thought I would share some of the stories that I’ve come across recently.

Enjoy!

Has California’s megadrought already begun? [x]

But first, a reality check: California’s cities have more than enough water to withstand the current drought and then some. They simply don’t use that much. Not true for agriculture, which uses 80 percent of California’s water — 10 percent of that just on almonds. Though it’s still a national powerhouse, fed increasingly by fast-depleting groundwater supplies, the state’s agriculture industry has likely begun a long-term decline due mostly to simple math. Abnormally dry conditions have dominated in 11 of the last 15 years, and the cuts have to come from somewhere. Agriculture is the elephant in the ever-shrinking room of California water.